North Northamptonshire Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in North Northamptonshire
What transport evidence a North Northamptonshire planning application needs, the parking standards that apply, and the policies an assessment should address.
Which document do you need?
National policy asks for a Transport Statement or a Transport Assessment wherever a development will generate significant amounts of movement.
Transport Statement
A shorter document for smaller schemes where transport issues are limited: access, parking, trips and sustainable travel.
Transport Assessment
A full assessment for larger schemes: trip generation, network impact, junction capacity and mitigation.
Parking standards
The standards North Northamptonshire Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Cycle parking |
|---|---|
| C2 Residential home | 1 space per 5 staff |
| B1 | 1 space per 100 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 200 sqm for customers |
| A2 | 1 space per 100 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 200 sqm for customers |
| A3 | 1 space per 60 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 60 sqm for customers |
| A4 | 1 space per 60 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 60 sqm for customers for customers |
| A5 | 1 space per 60 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 60 sqm for customers |
| B2 | 1 space per 200 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 200 sqm for customers |
| B8 | 1 space per 500 sqm for staff plus 1 space per 1000 sqm for customers |
| C1 | 1 space per 5 staff plus 1 space per 5 bedrooms |
| C2 Hospital | 1 space per 4 staff plus 1 per 5 bed spaces |
| C2A | 1 space per 5 full time staff, visitors – to be considered on a case by case basis. |
| C4 | 1 secure covered space per bedroom |
Source: Northamptonshire Parking StandardsAdopted 6 September 2016Figures checked against the published document on 13 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
Policies your assessment should address
The transport policies of the development plan documents in the summary panel. A neighbourhood plan, or a plan for one part of North Northamptonshire, may also apply to your site.
North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031
- Policy 15Well-connected Towns, Villages and Neighbourhoods
- Policy 16Connecting the Network of Settlements
- Policy 17North Northamptonshire's Strategic Connections
- Policy 18HGV Parking
This page summarises adopted policy and links to the source documents. It is not legal advice: always confirm a figure against the adopted document before relying on it.